Jules Chatterblog

For Sale - My Photos !

2010-04-19T12:45:00.007+09:30

Hi Everyone :) I thought I would turn this blog post into a shameless plug for a site I have some of my photos for sale on ! Since moving here to Goolwa, I have been trying to overcome my depression problems, tinnitus, and my chronic health issues as most of my regular blog readers would be aware of. I wish I had some positive news in that department to share with you all, but I have none

A Family That Doesn't Exist :(

2010-02-06T22:27:00.006+10:30

I have a niece, she is six years old, and recently started school. She is the daughter of my estranged brother, and his now separated wife. The last time I saw her, was when she was a baby. She does not know of my existence . I am her only relative apart from my Mother, her Grandmother. She also has a Grandfather, my Father, who has also been banquished from their lives. My brother is a

Favouite things around our house that make me smile on a daily basis

2010-02-03T20:14:00.005+10:30

We bought our very first little humble beach house just over 4 full moons ago (Full moons are significant to us, having been married during a full moon cycle , and settlement date even occurred on the first night of a new full moon LOL!) It's nothing flash, and it's fairly plain, but it's ours, and it has a decent sized back yard for all our pets to play in !!!! We are so blessed to have

An Open Letter To My Husband..

2010-01-26T00:53:00.015+10:30

From a very frustrated and distressed Tinnitus suffering Wife .. T Traumatic I Insanity N Noisy N Never Ending I Irritating T Tension U Upheaval S Suicidal Dear sweet Husband, I am writing this letter to you because I am feeling much guilt for putting such a heavy burden onto you with my Tinnitus. I wish it had never entered my life, but it did. I

How To Attract Birds Of The Feathered Variety !..

2010-01-24T17:02:00.019+10:30

Hi Everyone. Michael and I decided to go for a casual Sunday drive around Goolwa. We ended up buying some fish and chips, oh and a corn jack for me (as you do !) and decided to sit in a lovely picnic area to eat them..Within seconds, we were set upon literally by Mr Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Co. Here's a few photos that I had hoped would turn out better to add to my Pet and Animal

Easy step by step instructions for Broken Glass Jelly Slice.

2010-01-22T11:22:00.024+10:30

Hi everyone. I thought I would post some very easy step by step instructions on how to make the Broken Glass Jelly Slice, as shown in my recent blog post.. A lovely lady (Ashleigh) from a dog forum I belong too, has adapted this recipe to suit us Aussies:) All instructions and photos have been taken by, and are the the property of Ashleigh. Please do not use/download/copy any of her images

My First Attempt At Making 'Broken Glass Jelly Slice'..

2010-01-20T21:41:00.015+10:30

I've renamed mine as 'Jules smashed glass rainbow jelly slice' Anyway this is Not how it is supposed to turn out like ! LOL I came across the recipe in a thread on a forum I regularly visit. Most of us ladies on there have attempted to make our own version, as found in a very impressive blog. Here is how it's supposed to look ! 'The Food Librarian Blog' Still it was my first time,

The Misadventures Of A Woody............ Doll

2010-01-20T12:13:00.011+10:30

I bought Woody ages ago as a bit of a joke for a photo site I used to be on. Hmmm not normal really is it ! LOL Unfortunately due to some major life changes, and a big move recently , I don't think he coped too well and decided to commit Hari Kiri. It was quite a sad sight coming across him again recently, seeing some his once very flexible limbs missing, and in such a disjointed

Friday night's show and tell...

2010-01-15T23:21:00.007+10:30

Having fun on a Friday night with Picnik . Still getting the hang of all the features on there (and yes I ended up paying for the extras!) ;-) At the Murray River in Goolwa tonight. Yes I've jazzed the colours up just a tad ;-) Our Toyota Surf getting a slight HDR look. Michael won't be too impressed LOL There's something fishy going on with Leroy ! ''Knock Knock Mr Loachy come out of

What does one do when not feeling well....

2010-01-14T16:10:00.015+10:30

Take lots of photos and play around editing them, which is what I have doing today ! :) I have had ongoing recurring UTI's for weeks now. I have been taking different antibiotics, have had an ultrasound, which didn't reveal anything. I have clearly had ongoing infections, but my Doctor can't work out why I am having so many problems. I am now on another very strong antibiotic for complicated

Give a dog errr a Cavalier a bone ...

2010-01-12T18:59:00.004+10:30

It started with some bags of doggy treats sent kindly to us by an online friend of mine (Jo) who has started a healthy dog food business in South Australia Fido's Fun House Oh that doggy bone shaped biscuit looks ever so alluring Mummy. Please don't make us have to beg for it ! It's all just too much to bear for Renae ! If I stare at it it long enough it might just jump into my

Meet the newest addition to our pet family 'Leroy'

2010-01-11T18:35:00.017+10:30

Leroy is very handsome Ragdoll cat that we have lovingly adopted from our good friends who have had him roaming about on their 140 acre property! So he is now slowly adjusting to a normal size house as an indoor cat. It will take time, and eventually he will be allowed outside in the cat run for some periods of time. He is about 3 (they apparently don't fully mature until they are about

I BROKE MY BLOG SOS !!!!

2010-01-10T22:03:00.013+10:30

Image found Here I don't know what I have done wrong with all my settings tonight !!! I decided tonight to come back to my blog after being away for quite some time, and write a new post. That's where I should have finished !! But no I thought I will play around with some new colours, text colours, designs etc while I am here and try to give it a bit of a freshen up.

Just hanging around !

2010-01-10T15:26:00.016+10:30

Happy New Years fellow Bloggers ! I can't believe it's now 2010, where did last year go ! Well we bought a house by the beach, added new pets to our family (I will do another post about them later), continually battling my ongoing tinnitus and chronic health problems/depression. Overall all things considering life is still good ! As you can see I go through stages of

'A Bittersweet Moment'

2009-08-28T00:02:00.027+09:30

So something finally good happens to me, with us recently buying a house for the first time in our lives! Then yesterday morning I had an unsettling dream, and I woke up about 1.30am feeling rather anxious and breathless and couldn't get back to sleep..I felt like something was troubling me, but didn't quite know what.. Later that afternoon I decided to have a hour long therapeutic

Goolwa Here We Come !

2009-08-11T04:03:00.017+09:30

''I have a Vision'' Originally uploaded by ♥Jules♥ . Hi everyone :) Some of you might remember when I uploaded this photo and story to my flick photo site? (Photo taken at Victor Harbour, not far from Goolwa) www.flickr.com/photos/julesangel/1990981134/ Well almost 2 years later, it looks like our dream is coming true finally !! It's a very long story, but between me having a dream one

Just Taking Each Day As It Comes

2009-05-12T12:55:00.019+09:30

Hi friends and fellow Bloggers. You have all probably been thinking that I have dropped of the surface of the Earth. Well almost, but not quite ;-) It's been a quite while since I have written in my blog. Well it's because I broke all my fingers. Hmmm somehow I don't think anyone is going to fall for that ! However I did have a nasty fall recently coming out of my shower (it's

Old MacDonald Had A Farm ....

2009-03-30T14:59:00.032+10:30

Image found Here ee-eye, ee-eye oh And on that farm She had a duck, ee-eye, ee-eye oh.... Sometimes I feel like we live on that farm, minus the ducks ! ;-) We are fortunate that we live on a decent sized rural block, and just as well we do ! LOL If you haven't met our assortment of pets yet, you can do so by reading this post. Over the weekend, I volunteered to look after my

My Birthday

2009-03-26T13:11:00.016+10:30

I thought I should quickly share with you all how my birthday went. It was very quiet, and fairly uneventful, but at 43 that's all I kinda expect really ;-) My husband made me breakfast, and nice cup of coffee in bed. My Mother took me out for a cappachino, and then we had lunch at one of the local pubs here in Strath 'The Commercial Hotel'. I had a really decent size serve of Vegetarian

'Time To Let Go Of The Past'

2009-03-26T11:23:00.026+10:30

''There's a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did, who always will, and who won't anymore. so don't worry about the people from your past, there's a reason they didn't make it to your future..." (Author Unknown) I finally came to this realization yesterday on my 43rd Birthday ! Letting go image found here There have been several friends that I have been very close

I've Got The Birthday Blues !

2009-03-24T13:12:00.026+10:30

Hi everyone :) I am feeling in rather low spirits today. Birthdays don't normally bother me, even with my big 40th I was cool with . However there is something deep inside of me that does not make me feel like jumping up with joy and excitement about turning 43 tomorrow :( Perhaps it takes a couple years to settle in with the notion that you are now actually over 40,

Reliving A Childhood Phobia !

2009-03-22T18:25:00.017+10:30

I was literally forced to overcome one of my childhood phobias this weekend. Geese Arghhhhh ! My fear of them started many years ago. I was wandering around my Grandfather's vegetable garden, don't ask me why I was there of all places, but I was LOL Next I felt this horrible piercing pain in my arm, and I looked down to see what was causing it, and low and behold this huge goose had

Warning.. This Post May Bite !

2009-03-17T08:53:00.014+10:30

I don't actually know when and why I became so fixated with Red Back Spiders? I don't believe it is 'Normal' to be like I am LOL For those of you who don't know what these spiders are here is a fact sheet from the CSRIO. They are found around many parts of Australia, and are dangerous. Do not handle them if you should come across one !!! My Mum has repeatedly told me the story about how

How to add a favicon in Blogger

2009-03-14T21:29:00.020+10:30

Hi everyone. I have often seen cute little icons in different people's websites/blogs in their browsers, and often wondered how do they add them to their own browsers. I think it just gives your site a more of a 'personalized' feel/look to it. So I went on a mission to find the answer. I looked to Google of course ! You will either need to find a small image of your own that you want to use

I Am Woman Hear Me Roarrrrrrr !!

2009-03-13T01:22:00.025+10:30

*WARNING* If you are a male viewing my blog, you may wish to skip this particular post, and wander over to a previous one, unless you wish to gain some insight into the subject of Women and Menopause. Probably not hey ! ;-) I thought I may have been beginning to go through Menopause a couple years ago, because I was starting to experience some unpleasant changes going on within my body.